OBJECTIVES To examine whether the introduction of intermittent standing bouts during the workday using a height-adjustable workstation can improve subjective levels of fatigue, musculoskeletal discomfort and work productivity relative to seated work. METHODS Overweight/obese office workers (n=23; age 48.2±7.9 years, body mass index 29.6±4 kg/m(2)) undertook two, 5-day experimental conditions ...

The sit to transfer assisting for elderly patients using an intelligent walkingaid is presented. This assistive device provides physical support to aid elderly with physical impairment during both the walk and the sit-to-stand transfer. In this paper, we will focus on the sit-to-stand transfer function and more precisely on the trajectory generation of the assistive device handles using interpo...

Specific immunotherapy (SIT) in children is usually completely neglected. Pediatric SIT being not an optional treatment should be administered as soon as possible, also in children aged 2-3 years, due to the very early asthma and rhinitis onset, contrarily to a recent publication that continues to stress the danger of anaphylactic reactions without displaying reliable data. On the other hand dr...

OBJECTIVE To explore the effectiveness of modified sit-to-stand training on balance function in hemiplegic stroke patients. DESIGN Randomized controlled trial. SETTING Rehabilitation medical centre. PARTICIPANTS A total of 50 hemiplegic patients with stroke were randomly assigned to the control and experimental groups (n = 25 for each group). INTERVENTIONS Patients in the control group ...

BACKGROUND Cluster specific immunotherapy (SIT) is a modern form of allergen immunotherapy allowing safe administration of high allergen doses in a short time interval compared to classic SIT. In the current study, we investigated the safety profile and immunological effect of cluster SIT in children with allergic asthma due to house dust mite allergy. METHODS A total of 34 children (6-18 yea...

Current theory on trophic interactions in food webs assumes that ecologically similar species can be treated collectively as a single functional unit such as a guild or trophic level. This theory implies that all species within that unit transmit identical direct and indirect effects throughout the community. We evaluated this assumption by conducting experiments to compare the direct and indir...